Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed his air force chief after one of the country's F-16 fighter jets crashed while repelling a Russian air attack, killing the pilot, Oleksiy Mes. “We need to protect people. Protect personnel. Take care of all our soldiers,” Zelensky said in an address.

Mariana Bezuglaya believes the military may be hiding the true cause of the incident

The US-made jet reportedly crashed, killing the Western-trained pilot

The Telegram boss has reportedly been accused of violence against his six-year-old son

The Telegram CEO had a face-to-face discussion with the French leader in 2018 that was not previously reported, the outlet has said

The Telegram CEO was arrested in France as part of a probe into his alleged complicity in numerous criminal activities on the platform

Why Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, is in a French jail

Finland, as an immediate neighbor of Russia, expressed concern it could be attacked from their side 

Despite its overwhelming firepower, Russia has been unable for weeks to push Ukrainian troops back across the border, with the failure as much the result of priorities as a lack of personnel.

Several bases were struck while Kiev boasted of using F-16s in an air-defense role

Attack of 127 missiles and 109 drones is ‘one of the biggest’ of the war, Zelenskiy says, causing power and water outages

Attack of 127 missiles and 109 drones is ‘one of the biggest’ of the war, Zelenskiy says, causing power and water outages

The sound of explosions rang out in central Kyiv on Monday morning during rush hour, confirming Ukraine’s fears of a massive Russian attack.

Officials in Kiev claim that 15 regions were targeted and that emergency blackouts were activated

Pavel Durov has been detained at Paris-Le Bourget Airport, according to local broadcaster LCI

Moscow and Kiev have swapped 115 troops each in a prisoner exchange, the Russian Defense Ministry has said

Residents of eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk resisted leaving home for months as fighting raged in the villages near the strategic Donbas city. But as Russian forces advance on the transport hub, many residents are now choosing to flee. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Pokrovsk.

The Ukrainians must defend a critical front in their country’s east, including the city of Pokrovsk, while trying to press forward in western Russia.

Eleven UAVs have been downed in the vicinity of the Russian capital overnight, according to the Defense Ministry